Student needs advice on bills!

GraceS

Hi I was just wondering whether someone could help me out with heating bills.
I'm in 7 bed terraced house, with a gas combi boiler. I'm trying to work out how much (£) it costs to have the heating on for an hour.

I understand that this may depend on other things, but if anyone can give me an average rough price that would be great!

Thanks

GraceC

The best way to check would be to check your gas meter, then check it again an hour later after the heating had been on. Or you could wait til it had been on for the evening and then average out the units per hour. Then use the number of units used to work out the cost of gas used in that hour. If you have an old bill it should show your current tariff rates and a calculation there to help work it out.

Let us know how you get on.

dannymccann

To keep a constant temperature in my 2 bed terrace house (6 radiators, 4 decent size ones and 2 mini ones) of 18/19c for 24 hours takes 2 units (72kwh) which is (72kwh x 6.505p) = £4.68 ish

When calculating £ usage from your bill, be prudent and use the 'first rate' or 'first tier' (the more expensive p/kwh).

KimYeovil

dannymccann wrote: »

When calculating £ usage from your bill, be prudent and use the 'first rate' or 'first tier' (the more expensive p/kwh).

? If they're heating a six bedroom house then I think they can just concentrate on the tier 2 price! The service charge contribution of £4 to £12 per month from the first tier is the last thing they need to worry about!